Puffy Chicken and her Entourage.

[Arztwolf]

Puffy Bird is a 6 day old Silver Laced Polish (I hope) pullet. She came with 16 other pullets (I hope) from Ideal last week. She is the smallest of the bunch and I ended up putting her in another brooder with the three Brabanter chicks for company (they're calmer then the other chicks and don't run her over or push her away from the food like the rest of the bunch do.

This chicken honestly acts like she is a deposed queen from somewhere, she has this haughty air to her. But she is also calm and will fall asleep in my hand , so now I have become attached to her and she, and the Brabantars (Spot, Speck and Dot) are going to have their own coop and run. She is not going to be a free range chicken due to the fact that there are a ton of predators out her and she is going to have this little afro that is going to effect her vision.

We have hawks out here and this


is not going to last long.

Here is Puffy Bird and her flock.












Cleaned the pasty butt in the corner after I took the pics. The big Brabanter who keeps photobombing the shots I'm trying to get of Puffy Bird is Spot, who due to it's size, I hope is not a cockerel.

 

[GitaBooks]

They're very nice chickens!

I have heard that crested breeds are more prone to predation and bullying, because they can't see as well. Also, they are bred for being pets and show animals, not for camouflage.
They are a lot of fun though!

And I'm sure they're really friendly.

Good luck with them!

 

[Arztwolf]

They're very nice chickens!

I have heard that crested breeds are more prone to predation and bullying, because they can't see as well. Also, they are bred for being pets and show animals, not for camouflage.
They are a lot of fun though!

And I'm sure they're really friendly.

Good luck with them!

That's why I just bought a $400 coop and am going to TSC this week to buy a large outdoor dog kennel, roof/cover for the kennel, a tarp to put on that, and chicken wire to encase the whole thing. All for four chickens!

Puffy Bird and the other three are going to be the most spoiled chickens on earth!

 

[MakelaNJoe]

I agree the top hats affect the vision of the chickens i have 2 polishXsilkies and thier top hats will only allow them to recognize my feet! (You can trim head feathers to improve thier eyesight) Also realize this could be a risk while free ranging! let me tell you what, those polish chickens dont take bull from anyone! They are super protective of thier environment and arent so friendly when introducing new chickens, so if you plan to only have the 4 great! But if you want to add to that flock later it will be alittle difficult with lots of "introducing" i am currently going through this as i just got an orphington and americana they have been seperated through fencing 2weeks now and those polish chickens still try to beat up the others

 

[GitaBooks]

My silkies need their head feathers trimmed regularly. It helps them to be able to see food better, see me better, see one another better, and also keeps them from getting water all over their beards.

 

[Arztwolf]

I agree the top hats affect the vision of the chickens i have 2 polishXsilkies and thier top hats will only allow them to recognize my feet! (You can trim head feathers to improve thier eyesight) Also realize this could be a risk while free ranging! let me tell you what, those polish chickens dont take bull from anyone! They are super protective of thier environment and arent so friendly when introducing new chickens, so if you plan to only have the 4 great! But if you want to add to that flock later it will be alittle difficult with lots of "introducing" i am currently going through this as i just got an orphington and americana they have been seperated through fencing 2weeks now and those polish chickens still try to beat up the others

I don't plan on adding any more to her little domain. Any other chickens I get in the future will be added to the main flock.

My silkies need their head feathers trimmed regularly. It helps them to be able to see food better, see me better, see one another better, and also keeps them from getting water all over their beards.

How did you get yours used to the scissors?

 

[GitaBooks]

Mine don't really like scissors, but they aren't really scared of them either. I don't have to hold their heads still while clipping the top of their head, but when I do around the eyes and beak I hold the head still so they don't get themselves poked. They sometimes kick their feet or shake their head, but its over pretty quickly so they don't get too impatient.
Some silkies don't need trimmed, like my Naked-neck. Those without beards don't seem to need trimming as often either.

(My silkie flock, including Flo (he's a rooster. He's the white one). Azul (blue). And Cole (black. She was suppose to be a boy but she's a girl). The barred and white chicks were raised by the broody patridge to the left).

 

[Arztwolf]

Mine don't really like scissors, but they aren't really scared of them either. I don't have to hold their heads still while clipping the top of their head, but when I do around the eyes and beak I hold the head still so they don't get themselves poked. They sometimes kick their feet or shake their head, but its over pretty quickly so they don't get too impatient.
Some silkies don't need trimmed, like my Naked-neck. Those without beards don't seem to need trimming as often either.

(My silkie flock, including Flo (he's a rooster. He's the white one). Azul (blue). And Cole (black. She was suppose to be a boy but she's a girl). The barred and white chicks were raised by the broody patridge to the left).

Those are some pretty birds. Where did you get your silkies from?

 

[GitaBooks]

I got all five of these silkies from a local farmer who breeds them. Azul and Princess (the mother partridge) hatched out a black chick named Mavis, but she passed away.
We do have a lot of silkie crosses here, as Flo was Second-in-command for a while and Second-in-Command roosters seem to breed more than the top-man, at least from what I've seen. I use this to my advantage when adding new genetics into the flock.